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2naSalit

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8. Out here in ranch country

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 09:15 PM

Mar 2019

the closer they are to a ranching operation, the more likely they are to use baling twine in their nests. Several years ago there was one such nest on a bridge down in Idaho and the birds built it up so tall that the state had to knock it down after nesting season, it was some six or eight feet tall, I had seen it many times over the years.

I got to help rescue a bald eagle once, that was interesting.

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'Yesterday, we got a call that an osprey was stuck in a tree and tangled [View all] elleng Mar 2019 OP

So glad you saved him/her 🙂 MLAA Mar 2019 #1

Not ME, MLAA, elleng Mar 2019 #2

Yaaay!!!! We once rescued a hawk...not easy! Karadeniz Mar 2019 #3

Osprey like string much to their detriment. MontanaMama Mar 2019 #4

They try to use it for their nests, I think. elleng Mar 2019 #5

You're exactly right. MontanaMama Mar 2019 #6

WOW! The Missoula Osprey are the first that got my attention, elleng Mar 2019 #7

They have a nest on a power pole MontanaMama Mar 2019 #10

WOW, ANOTHER team for me, The Missoula Osprey! elleng Mar 2019 #11

Out here in ranch country 2naSalit Mar 2019 #8

WOW! elleng Mar 2019 #9

Around here they will 2naSalit Mar 2019 #12

Haven't seen Golden eagles here, do have Bald Eagles, often using favorite osprey perches elleng Mar 2019 #13

I haven't seen that in a while myself 2naSalit Mar 2019 #14